Table 1.

Annual number of patients seen by rheumatologists and total patient encounters with Ontario rheumatologists between 2000 and 2015.

Year	Ontario Population Denominator³	Pts. Seen by a Rheumatologist⁴, n (%)	Any Type of Patient Encounter¹				Pts. Seen in an Outpatient Rheumatology Clinic⁷, n (%)	Outpatient Assessments Only²
Year	Ontario Population Denominator³	Pts. Seen by a Rheumatologist⁴, n (%)	Total Pt. Encounters⁵	New Pts.⁶	New Pts. among Total Pts., %	New Pts. among Total Encounters, %	Pts. Seen in an Outpatient Rheumatology Clinic⁷, n (%)	Total Outpatient Assessments⁸	New Pts.⁶	New Pts. among Total Pts., %	New Pts. among Total Outpatient Assessments, %
2000	9,093,486	245,486 (2.7)	561,452	145,686	59	26	172,864 (1.9)	382,074	89,426	52	23
2001	9,241,575	255,289 (2.8)	588,581	132,490	52	23	179,370 (1.9)	394,532	80,191	45	20
2002	9,393,473	263,139 (2.8)	599,278	126,811	48	21	182,111 (1.9)	400,879	75,081	41	19
2003	9,527,281	250,176 (2.6)	571,366	110,164	44	19	180,385 (1.9)	391,450	71,270	40	18
2004	9,651,626	258,751 (2.7)	599,821	105,906	41	18	185,891 (1.9)	398,768	68,146	37	17
2005	9,788,275	273,462 (2.8)	634,730	109,021	40	17	188,297 (1.9)	404,593	65,469	35	16
2006	9,907,932	286,309 (2.9)	663,302	111,136	39	17	195,043 (2.0)	417,241	66,509	34	16
2007	10,125,042	280,072 (2.8)	652,933	98,586	35	15	191,950 (1.9)	408,219	60,575	32	15
2008	10,268,935	282,959 (2.8)	667,337	95,510	34	14	196,687 (1.9)	421,871	61,333	31	15
2009	10,410,050	284,158 (2.7)	685,195	94,123	33	14	201,649 (1.9)	434,601	63,546	32	15
2010	10,528,197	285,103 (2.7)	693,667	92,435	32	13	202,618 (1.9)	434,304	62,174	31	14
2011	10,587,857	288,422 (2.7)	725,807	89,393	31	12	212,479 (2.0)	460,309	65,151	31	14
2012	10,716,779	281,754 (2.6)	698,384	85,853	31	12	219,466 (2.1)	447,380	67,648	31	15
2013	10,881,690	293,704 (2.7)	742,952	88,895	30	12	228,237 (2.1)	470,367	68,539	30	15
2014	11,039,248	292,948 (2.7)	746,300	86,793	30	12	229,026 (2.1)	473,788	65,214	29	14
2015	11,103,150	302,336 (2.7)	786,061	86,877	29	11	242,761 (2.2)	500,831	68,916	28	14

↵1 Any type of patient encounter includes inpatient, outpatient assessments, and non–face-to-face encounters.
↵2 Outpatient assessments include only face-to-face patient assessments.
↵3 Population denominator confined to residents aged 18 years and older.
↵4 No. unique patients seen annually in an outpatient or inpatient setting with the % reflecting the percentage of patients seen by rheumatologists for any type of rheumatology encounter and the denominator being the Ontario population.
↵5 Total patient encounters include initial and repeat encounters.
↵6 No. new patients seen by a rheumatologist.
↵7 % reflecting the proportion of patients seen by a rheumatologist in an outpatient setting and the denominator being the Ontario population.
↵8 Total outpatient assessments include initial and repeat encounters. Pt(s).: patient(s).